Sizing method and sizing composition for use therein

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is a method for sizing paper wherein the sizing agent employed is a hydrophobic cellulose reactive sizing agent such as a ketene dimer sizing agent. There is employed in combination with the sizing agent a novel sizing accelerator whereby off-the-machine sizing is improved substantially. Disclosed also is a novel sizing composition comprised of the sizing agent and the accelerator, the accelerator being a poly(diallylamine)epihalohydrin resin.

This is a division of application Ser. No. 33,618, filed Apr. 26, 1979abandoned. Application Ser. No. 33,618 is a continuation of applicationSer. No. 875,663, filed Feb. 6, 1978, now abandoned.

This invention relates to the production of sized paper and sizedpaperboard.

In particular, this invention relates to the manufacture of sized paperand sized paperboard wherein the sizing agent employed is a hydrophobiccellulose reactive sizing agent such as a ketene dimer sizing agent andthere is employed in combination therewith a new sizing accelerator toprovide substantially higher off-the-machine sizing than when thecellulose reactive sizing agent is used alone.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,840,486 discloses water-soluble, thermosettable resinouscompositions derived by reaction of dicyandiamide, an ammonium salt,formaldehyde, and an acid salt of a water-soluble aminopolyamide such asthe water-soluble aminopolyamide derived by reaction of adipic acid anddiethylenetriamine. The resinous compositions of U.S. Pat. No. 3,840,486accelerate the sizing imparted to paper by cellulose reactive sizingagents such as ketene dimers, acid anhydrides, and isocyanates. Byemploying the resinous compositions of U.S. Pat. No. 3,840,486 incombination with the above sizing agents for paper, higheroff-the-machine sizing is provided than when using equivalent amounts ofthe sizing agent alone.

United Kingdom Pat. No. 1,373,788 discloses the use ofdicyandiamide-formaldehyde condensates as sizing accelerators for ketenedimer sizing agents.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,409,500 discloses a process for the manufacture of sizedpaper which comprises separately adding an aqueous anionic dispersion ofhydrophobic organic cellulose-reactive paper sizing carboxylic anhydrideparticles to an aqueous suspension of cellulose papermaking fibers and awater-soluble cellulose-substantive cationic polyamine having amolecular weight in excess of 1,000, the amount of said polyamine beingat least sufficient to deposit said anhydride particles on said fibersand to accelerate the rate at which said anhydride develops its sizingproperties on cellulose fibers at 190° F.-240° F., sheeting saidsuspension to form a water-laid web, and drying said web at atemperature between 190° F. and 250° F.

In U.S. Pat. No. 3,409,500, at column 3, lines 61-70, it is stated thatamong the most efficient cationic polymers are the adipicacid-polyalkylenepolyamide-epichlorohydrin polymers, prepared bycondensing adipic acid with a polyalkylene-polyamine thereby forming apolyamidepolyamine, and reacting this polymer with epichlorohydrin.Methods for the preparation of agents of this type are disclosed in U.S.Pat. Nos. 2,926,116, 2,926,154 and 3,329,657.

The cationic polymers of U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,926,116 and 2,926,154 aredisclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,483,077 as being useful retention aids forketene dimer sizing agents whereby sizing is improved as compared tocationic starch retention aid.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,575,796 discloses a method for the sizing of paper andpaperboard products which comprises intimately dispersing within theaqueous pulp slurry, or applying to a prepared paper web, an aqueousemulsion of an N-substituted aziridine compound which is prepared bymeans of the reaction between a carbonyl-substituted, alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated compound such as distearyl maleate and analkyleneimine such as ethyleneimine. The sizing agent can be uniformlydispersed with a cationic emulsifier, such as a cationic starch, forbetter retention on the fibers. Column 4, lines 1-44 of U.S. Pat. No.3,575,796 discloses other cationic agents for use in aiding in theretention of the sizing agents of the invention among which are cationicthermosetting resins such as the reaction products of dibasic acids,polyalkylenepolyamines and epihalohydrins. It is stated also at column4, lines 45-62, that the cationic agents are also useful as emulsifiersfor the sizing agent.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,666,512 discloses compositions comprising hydrophobiccellulose-reactive paper-sizing carboxylic acid anhydrides and acatalyst which accelerates the rate at which the anhydride develops itssizing properties when deposited on cellulose from aqueous medium andheated. The catalyst or promoter for the anhydride size is awater-soluble cationic salt of a cellulose-substantive water-solublepolyamine. Suitable cationic agents are set forth in the table in column7 of the patent. Among the cationic agents is anaminopolyamide--epichlorohydrin resin, the aminopolyamide being derivedfrom diethylenetriamine and adipic acid.

Canadian Pat. No. 873,777 discloses a method for improving the wetstrength, dry strength, and resistance to penetration by liquids ofunsized paper comprising imbibing the paper with an amine oxide capableof swelling the paper fibers and a ketone dimer paper sizing agent,heating the paper to swell the paper fibers and removing the amine oxidefrom the paper.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,046,186 relates to the manufacture of sized paper by thebeater-addition process wherein an aqueous cationic dispersion of ahydrophobic ketene dimer is added to an aqueous suspension of cellulosicfibers. The sized paper is manufactured by forming an aqueous suspensionof cellulose papermaking fibers and adding thereto an emulsion of ahydrophobic ketene dimer in an aqueous medium containing a cationicdispersing agent which may be a monomeric or high molecular weighthydrophilic or water-soluble basic nitrogenous surface-active agent. Thedispersing agents are set forth in columns 3 and 4 of U.S. Pat. No.3,046,186.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,006,806 discloses the conjoint use of an organiccationic polymer with a ketene dimer in the sizing of paper. Cationicpolymers disclosed are melamine-formaldehyde resins (as described inU.S. Pat. No. 2,345,543 to Wohnsiedler and Thomas and U.S. Pat. No.2,559,220 to Maxwell and Landes); urea-formaldehyde resins (as describedin U.S. Pat. No. 2,697,132 to Daniel, Landes and Suen); cationic cornstarch; guanidine-formaldehyde resins (U.S. Pat. No. 2,745,744 toWeidner and Dunlap); alkylenepolyamine-halohydrin resins (as describedin U.S. Pat. No. 2,601,597 to Daniel, Wilson and Landes); and cationicurea-formaldehyde resins (as described in British Pat. Nos. 675,477 and677,184).

U.S. Pat. No. 3,084,092 relates to paper manufactured by the conjointuse of an amino resin and a hydrophobic organic isocyanate. Amino resinsdisclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,084,092 and polyfunctional halohydrinresins of Daniel et al, U.S. Pat. No. 2,595,935; thedicyandiamide-formaldehyde-amine polymers of Dudley et al, U.S. Pat. No.2,596,014; the urea-mono-substituted urea resins of Schiller et al, U.S.Pat. No. 2,698,737; the polyamine-polyamide linear polymers of House etal, U.S. Pat. No. 2,729,560; the polymers formed by copolymerizingacrylamide and acrylic acid in 0:1 molar ratio; the sulfonateddimethylolurea resins of U.S. Pat. No. 2,582,840; and the aminosulfuricacid-melamine-formaldehyde resins of U.S. Pat. No. 2,683,607.

In accordance with this invention, applicant has found new sizingaccelerators for use with hydrophobic cellulose reactive sizing agentssuch as ketene dimers, acid anhydrides, and organic isocyanates.

The sizing accelerators used in this invention arepoly(diallylamine)-epichlorohydrin resins as disclosed and described inU.S. Pat. No. 3,700,623. The disclosures of this patent are incorporatedherein by reference.

The poly(diallylamino)-epihalohydrin resins used in this inventioncomprise the resinous reaction product of (A) a linear polymer havingunits of the formula ##STR1## where R is hydrogen or lower alkyl and R'is hydrogen, alkyl or a substituted alkyl group and (B) anepihalohydrin.

In the above formula, each R can be the same or different and, asstated, can be hydrogen or lower alkyl. The alkyl groups contain from 1to 6 carbons and are preferably methyl, ethyl, isopropyl n-butyl. R' ofthe formula represents hydrogen, alkyl or substituted alkyl groups. TheR' alkyl groups will contain from 1 to 18 carbon atoms (preferably from1 to 6 carbon atoms) such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl,tert-butyl, hexyl, octyl, decyl, dodecyl, tetradecyl, and octadecyl. R'can also be a substituted alkyl group. Suitable substituents include, ingeneral, any group which will not interfere with polymerization througha vinyl double bond. Typically, the substituents can be carboxylate,cyano, ether, amino (primary, secondary or tertiary), amide, hydrazideand hydroxyl.

Polymers having units of the above formula can be produced bypolymerizing the hydrohalide salt of a diallylamine ##STR2## where R andR' are as indicated above, either alone or as a mixture with othercopolymerizable ingredients, in the presence of a free radical catalystand then neutralizing the salt to give the polymer free base.

Specific hydrohalide salts of the diallylamines which can be polymerizedto provide the polymer units of the invention include diallylaminehydrochloride; N-methyldiallylamine hydrobromide;2,2'-dimethyl-N-methyldiallylamine hydrochloride; N-ethyldiallylaminehydrobromide; N-isopropyldiallylamine hydrochloride;N-n-butyldiallylamine hydrobromide; N-tert-butyldiallylaminehydrochloride; N-n-hexyldiallylamine hydrochloride;N-octadecyldiallylamine hydrochloride; N-acetamidodiallylaminehydrochloride; N-cyanomethyldiallylamine hydrochloride;N-β-propionamidodiallylamine hydrobromide;N-carboethoxymethyldiallylamine hydrochloride;N-β-methoxyethyldiallylamine hydrobromide; N-β-aminoethyldiallylaminehydrochloride; N-hydroxyethyldiallylamine hydrobromide; andN-acetohydrazide substituted diallylamine hydrochloride.

In preparing the homopolymers and copolymers for use in this invention,reaction can be initiated by redox catalytic system. In a redox system,the catalyst is activated by means of a reducing agent which producesfree radicals without the use of heat. Reducing agents commonly used aresodium metabisulfite and potassium metabisulfite. Other reducing agentsinclude water-soluble thiosulfates and bisulfites, hydrosulfites andreducing salts such as the sulfate of a metal which is capable ofexisting in more than one valence state such as cobalt, iron, manganeseand copper. A specific example of such a sulfate is ferrous sulfate. Theuse of a redox initiator system has several advantages, the mostimportant of which is efficient polymerization at lower temperatures.Conventional peroxide catalysts such as tertiary-butyl hydroperoxide,potassium persulfate, hydrogen peroxide, and ammonium persulfate used inconjunction with the above reducing agents or metal activators, can beemployed.

As stated above, the linear polymers of diallylamines can containdifferent units of formula (I) and/or contain units of one or more othercopolymerizable monomers. Typically, the comonomer is a differentdiallylamine; a monoethylenically unsaturated compound containing asingle vinyl or vinylidene group; or sulfur dioxide, and is present inan amount ranging from 0 to 95 mole percent of the polymer. Thus thepolymers of diallylamine are linear polymers wherein from 50 to 100% ofthe recurring units have the formula (I) and from 0 to 95% of therecurring units are monomer units derived from (1) a vinyl or vinylidenemonomer and/or (2) sulfur dioxide. Preferred comonomers include acrylicacid, methacrylic acid, methyl and other alkyl acrylates andmethacrylates, acrylamide, methacrylamide, acrylonitrile,methacrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, vinyl ethers such as the alkyl vinylethers, vinyl ketones such as methyl vinyl ketone and ethyl vinylketone, vinyl sulfonamide, sulfur dioxide or a different diallylamineembraced by the above formula (II).

Specific copolymers which can be reacted with an epihalohydrin includecopolymers of N-methyldiallylamine and sulfur dioxide; copolymers ofN-methyldiallylamine and diallylamine; copolymers of diallylamine andacrylamide; copolymers of diallylamine and acrylic acid; copolymers ofN-methyldiallylamine and methyl acrylate; copolymers of diallylamine andacrylonitrile; copolymers of N-methyldiallylamine and vinyl acetate;copolymers of diallylamine and methyl vinyl ether; copolymers ofN-methyldiallylamine and vinylsulfonamide; copolymers ofN-methyldiallylamine and methyl vinyl ketone; terpolymers ofdiallylamine, sulfur dioxide and acrylamide; and terpolymers ofN-methyldiallylamine, acrylic acid and acrylamide.

The epihalohydrin which is reacted with the polymer of a diallylaminecan be any epihalohydrin, i.e., epichlorohydrin, epibromohydrin,epifluorohydrin or epiiodohydrin and is preferably epichlorohydrin. Ingeneral, the epihalohydrin is used in an amount ranging from about 0.5mole to about 1.5 moles and preferably about 1 mole to about 1.5 molesper mole of secondary plus tertiary amine present in the polymer.

The poly(diallylamine)-epihalohydrin resin can be prepared by reacting ahomopolymer or copolymer of a diallylamine as set forth above with anepihalohydrin at a temperature of from about 30° C. to about 80° C. andpreferably from about 40° C. to about 60° C. until the viscositymeasured on a solution containing 20% to 30% solids at 25° C. hasreached a range of A to B and preferably about C to D on theGardner-Holdt scale. The reaction is preferably carried out in aqueoussolution to moderate the reaction, and at a pH of from about 7 to about9.5.

When the desired viscosity is reached, sufficient water is added toadjust the solids content of the resin solution to about 15% or less andthe product cooled to room temperature (about 25° C.).

The resin solution can be stabilized against gelation by adding to theaqueous solution thereof sufficient water-soluble acid (such ashydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid) to obtain and maintain the pH atabout 2. The resulting acid-stabilized resin solution can be used assuch in carrying out this invention or, if desired, it may bereactivated by known means prior to use. Such acid-stabilized resinsolutions and means of reactivating same are disclosed and described inU.S. Pat. No. 3,833,531. The disclosures of this patent are incorporatedherein by reference.

Prior to stabilization against gelation the resin of the solution, whichis in its active or easily crosslinkable form can be represented asfollows ##STR3## When stabilized against gelation, by HCl for example,the ##STR4## of (III) becomes ##STR5## (IV) where X is halogen such aschlorine. On reactivation of resin, by addition of aqueous NaOH to theresin solution for example, (IV) reverts to the epoxide form shown in(III).

The ##STR6## of (III) can be converted, is desired, to ##STR7## (V) byadding sodium bicarbonate to the solution of (III) and heating theresulting solution at about 100° C. for about 11/2 hours. In form (V)the resin will not crosslink nor can it be reconverted to (III). It isin glycol form and is an inert cationic polymer.

All forms of the resin as above shown can be used in this invention andthe expression poly(diallylamine)-epihalohydrin resin as used herein andin the claims includes all resins wherein the epihalohydrin moiety inthe form shown in (III), (IV), and (V). Thus, the resin used in thisinvention can be represented as follows: ##STR8## where E is

The following examples illustrate the preparation of thepoly(diallylamine)-epichlorohydrin resins used in this invention.

In all examples in this specification, parts and percentages are byweight unless otherwise specified.

EXAMPLE 1

A solution of 69.1 parts of N-methyldiallylamine and 197 parts of 20° Behydrochloric acid in 111.7 parts of demineralized water was sparged withnitrogen to remove air, then treated with 0.55 part of tertiary butylhydroperoxide and a solution of 0.0036 part of ferrous sulfate in 0.5parts of water. The resulting solution was allowed to polymerize at60°-69° C. for 24 hours to give a polymer solution containing about52.1% solids with an RSV of 0.22. 122 Parts of the above solution wasadjusted to pH 3.5 by the addition of 95 parts of 3.8% sodium hydroxideand then diluted with 211 parts of water and combined with 60 parts ofepichlorohydrin. The mixture was heated at 45°-55° C. for 1.35 hours,until the Gardner-Holdt viscosity of a sample, cooled to 25° C., reachedB+. The resulting solution was acidified with 25 parts of 20° Behydrochloric acid and heated at 60° C. until the pH became constant at2.0. The resulting resin solution had a solids content of 20.8% and aBrookfield viscosity=77 cps. (measured using a Brookfield Model LVFViscometer, No. 1 spindle at 60 r.p.m. with guard).

EXAMPLE 2

25 Parts of a 9.58% solids solution of resin prepared in accordance withExample 1 was combined with a solution of 1.62 parts of 10 N sodiumhydroxide in 11.25 parts of water and aged 0.5 hour.

EXAMPLE 3

150 Parts of a 20% solids solution of resin prepared in accordance withExample 1 was diluted with 172.5 parts water. To the solution was thenadded a solution of 7.2 parts NaOH in 160 parts water. The resultingsolution was allowed to stand for 5 minutes and then there was addedthereto 10.5 parts NaHCO₃. The solution was then heated to reflux andrefluxed for 1.5 hours and then cooled to room temperature. Theresulting solution had a solids (modified resin) content of 9.2% and aBrookfield viscosity=77 cps. (measured using Brookfield Model LVFViscometer, No. 1 spindle at 60 r.p.m. with guard).

The sizing accelerators of this invention are employed in combinationwith hydrophobic cellulose reactive sizing agents such as ketene dimers,acid anhydrides, and isocyanates. These sizing agents are well known inthe art and are usually employed as aqueous emulsions. The term"emulsion" is used herein, as is customary in the art, to mean either adispersion of the liquid-in-liquid type or of the solid-in-liquid type.

Hydrophobic acid anhydrides useful as cellulose reactive sizing agentsfor paper include (A) rosin anhydride (see U.S. Pat. No. 3,582,464); (B)anhydrides having the structure ##STR10## where R₁ is a saturated orunsaturated hydrocarbon radical, the hydrocarbon radical being astraight or branched chain alkyl radical, an aromatic substituted alkylradical, or an alkyl substituted aromatic radical so long as thehydrocarbon radical contains a total of from about 14 to 36 carbonatoms; and (C) cyclic dicarboxylic acid anhydrides having the structure##STR11## where R" represents a dimethylene or trimethylene radical andwhere R'" is a hydrocarbon radical containing more than 7 carbon atomswhich are selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aralkylor aralkenyl. Substituted cyclic dicarboxylic acid anhydrous fallingwithin the above formula (VIII) are substituted succinic and glutaricanhydrides. In formula (VII) above each R₁ can be the same hydrocarbonradical or each R₁ can be a different hydrocarbon radical.

Specific examples of anhydrides of formula (VII) are myristoylanhydride; palmitoyl anhydride; oleoyl anhydrides; and stearoylanhydride.

Specific examples of anhydrides of formula (VIII) are isooctadecenylsuccinic acid anhydride; n-hexadecenyl succinic acid anhydride; dodecylsuccinic acid anhydride; decenyl succinic acid anhydride; ectenylsuccinic acid anhydride; and heptyl glutaric acid anhydride.

Hydrophobic organic isocyanates used as sizing agents for paper are wellknown in the art. Best results are obtained when the hydrocarbon chainsof the isocyanates contain at least 12 carbon atoms, preferably from 14to 16 carbon atoms. Such isocyanates include rosin isocyanate; dedecylisocyanate; octadecyl isocyanate; tetradecyl isocyanate; hexadecylisocyanate; eicosyl isocyanate; docosyl isocyanate; 6-ethyldecylisocyanate; 6-phenyldecyl isocyanate; and polyisocyanates such as1,18-octadecyl diisocyanate and 1,12-dodecyl diisocyanate, wherein onelong chain alkyl group serves two isocyanate radicals and impartshydrophobic properties to the molecule as a whole.

Ketene dimers used as cellulose reactive sizing agents are well known inthe art and are dimers having the formula ##STR12## carbon atoms,cycloalkyl having at least 6 carbon atoms, aryl, aralkyl and alkaryl. Innaming ketene dimers, the radical "R₂ " is named followed by "ketenedimer". Thus, phenyl ketene dimer is ##STR13## benzyl ketene dimer is:##STR14## and decyl ketene dimer is: [C₁₀ H₂₁ --CH═C═O]₂. Examples ofketene dimers include octyl, decyl, dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl,octadecyl, eicosyl, decosyl, tetracosyl, phenyl, benzyl beta-naphthyland cyclohexyl ketene dimers, as well as the ketene dimers prepared frommontamic acid, naphthenic acid, Δ9,10-decylenic acid, Δ9,10-dodecylenicacid, palmitoleic acid, oleic acid, ricinoleic acid, linoleic acid,linoleric acid, and eleostearic acid, as well as ketene dimers preparedfrom naturally occurring mixtures of fatty acids, such as those mixturesin coconut oil, babassu oil, palm kernel oil, palm oil, olive oil,peanut oil, rape oil, beef tallow, lard (leaf) and whale blubber.Mixtures of any of the above-named fatty acids with each other may alsobe used.

The following examples show the preparation of ketene dimer emulsions.

EXAMPLE 4

An emulsion of an alkyl ketene dimer prepared from a mixture of palmiticand stearic acids was prepared by admixing 880 parts of water, 60 partsof cationic corn starch and 10 parts of sodium lignin sulfonate. Themixture was adjusted to pH of about 3.5 with 98% sulfuric acid. Theresulting mixture was heated at 90°-95° C. for about one hour. Water wasthen added to the mixture in an amount sufficient to provide a mixtureof 1750 parts (total weight). About 240 parts of the ketene dimer wasstirred into the mixture together with 2.4 parts of thiadiazine. Thethiadiazine was used as a preservative. The resulting premix (at 65° C.)was homogenized in one pass through an homogenizer at 4000 p.s.i. Thehomogenized product was diluted with water to a ketene dimer solidscontent of about 6%.

EXAMPLE 5

Example 4 was repeated with the exception that the alkyl ketene dimer ofoleic acid was used in place of the alkyl ketene dimer prepared from amixture of palmitic and stearic acids.

EXAMPLE 6

A portion of the emulsion of Example 4 was diluted, with water, to aketene dimer solids content of 0.10%.

EXAMPLE 7

A portion of the emulsion of Example 5 was diluted, with water, to aketene dimer solids content of 0.10%.

EXAMPLE 8

Products prepared in accordance with Example 1 and Example 4 werecombined, with addition of water as required, to provide an aqueoussizing composition comprised of 0.10% ketene dimer and 0.20% resin.

EXAMPLE 9

Products prepared in accordance with Example 1 and Example 4 werecombined, with addition of water as required, to provide an aqueoussizing composition comprised of 0.10% ketene dimer and 0.10% resin.

EXAMPLE 10

Products prepared in accordance with Example 2 and Example 4 werecombined, with addition of water as required, to provide an aqueoussizing composition comprised of 0.10% ketene dimer and 0.10% acidstabilized resin.

EXAMPLE 11

Products prepared in accordance with Example 3 and Example 4 werecombined, with addition of water as required, to provide an aqueoussizing composition comprised of 0.10% ketene dimer and 0.10% modifiedresin.

EXAMPLE 12

Products prepared in accordance with Example 1 and Example 5 werecombined, with addition of water as required, to provide an aqueoussizing composition comprised of 0.10% ketene dimer and 0.10% resin.

The above sizing compositions were applied to the surface of a sheet of40 lb./3000 ft.² waterleaf paper. The sheet was made from a 50:50hardwood:softwood pulp blend on a pilot paper machine. Each sizingcomposition was adjusted to pH 7 before application to the sheet in thenip of a horizontal size press. The size press ran at 40 ft./min. andthe wet pick up was 70%. Retention of the ketene dimer size was the samein all of these runs. The sized sheets were dried at 200° F. for 20 sec.on a laboratory drum drier to 4% moisture. The sizing was measured bythe Hercules Size Test with test solution No. 2 to the indicatedreflectance. The off-machine data were obtained within two minutes ofdrying and the natural aged data after at least 3 days storage at roomtemperature. It is known in the art that ketene dimer size developssubstantially all its sizing properties in the paper in 3 days. Afterthis time the size properties of the paper remain essentially the same.

Size results are set forth in Table I below.

                  TABLE 1                                                         ______________________________________                                                   Hercules Size Test                                                              Off-the Machine                                                                             Material Aged                                      Sizing Composition                                                                         to 80% Reflec-                                                                              to 85% Reflec-                                     of Example   tance (Seconds)                                                                             tance (Seconds)                                    ______________________________________                                        6          separate  0           331                                          6          tests     0           400                                          7                    0           554                                          8          2 separate                                                                              310         350                                          8          tests     305         --                                           9          2 separate                                                                              335         450                                          9          tests     100         436                                          10                   437         590                                          11                   250         900                                          12                   315         500                                          ______________________________________                                    

The following examples show the improvement in off-the-machine sizingwhen the sizing compositions of this invention are used in internalsizing.

Handsheets of 40 lb./3000 ft.² were made on a Noble and Wood handsheetapparatus using a pulp consisting of 30% waste news, 35% Rayonierbleached softwood, and 35% Weyerhauser bleached kraft hardwood. Sheetswere dried for 45-50 sec. at 215° F. the size accelerator resin, inaqueous solution, was added to the aliquot where the pulp consistencywas about 0.275% and stirred for 15 seconds and then the ketene dimersize emulsion was added followed by stirring for another 15 seconds.This was then diluted, with water, to a pulp consistency of about 0.025%in the deckle box prior to sheet formation. The amounts of acceleratorresin used and ketene dimer used are shown in Table II below and arebased on the dry weight of the pulp.

Test results are shown in Table II below.

                  TABLE II                                                        ______________________________________                                                                   Hercules Size Test                                 Accelerator    Ketone Dimer                                                                              to 80% Reflectance                                 Example                                                                              Resin of    Emulsion of Off-the-                                                                             Natural                                 No.    Example 1   Example 4   Machine                                                                              Aged                                    ______________________________________                                        13     none        0.15% ketone                                                                              0      300                                                        dimer                                                      14     .15%        0.15% ketone                                                                              16     303                                                        dimer                                                      15     .30%        0.15% ketone                                                                              78     464                                                        dimer                                                      16     .45%        0.15% ketone                                                                              154    594                                                        dimer                                                      ______________________________________                                    

In Examples 13, 14, 15, and 16 the accelerator resin and the sizingagent were added separately. It is to be understood that they can beadmixed to provide a sizing composition, as in surface sizing, prior toaddition to a pulp slurry, and sized sheets prepared from the thustreated slurry.

EXAMPLE 17

An aqueous emulsion of octadecyl isocyanate (stearyl isocyanate) sizingagent was used in the internal sizing of a handsheet using a furnish of50% hardwood kraft:50% softwood kraft with 10% clay and 10% calciumcarbonate as fillers. Cationic starch (Stalok 400), 35% based on the dryweight of the pulp, was added as a retention aid for the fillers. Theamount of octadecyl isocyanate used as sizing agent was 0.2% based onthe dry weight of the fibers.

EXAMPLE 18

Example 17 was repeated with the exception that resin prepared inaccordance with Example 1, in aqueous solution, was also added to thepulp slurry prior to sheet formation in an amount equal to 0.125% of thedry weight of the pulp. Test results are shown in Table III below

                  TABLE III                                                       ______________________________________                                                    Hercules Size Test                                                Handsheets of                                                                             to 80% Reflectance                                                Example     Off-The-Machine                                                                              Natural Aged                                       ______________________________________                                        17          18             90                                                 18          62             75                                                 ______________________________________                                    

"Off-the-machine" sizing is important to the paper maker. A sufficientdegree of water resistance on the first section of the dry part of apaper machine ("off-the-machine" sizing) is required to facilitate theapplication of aqueous emulsions or dispersions of on-machine coatings.If sizing is not adequate at this point, there is an excessive pickup ofwater and, with a lightweight sheet, the possibility of a seriousweakening of the web. There is also the need to drive off the excesswater which adds to the load of the after-dryers, thereby increasing theconsumption of steam and restricting the speed of the machine.

Several cationic resins were employed in combination with an alkylketene dimer, a hydrophobic cellulose reactive agent, as indicated inExample 19 below.

EXAMPLE 19

An aqueous alkyl ketene dimer emulsion was prepared as in Example 4.Portions of the emulsion were employed to prepare aqueous sizingcompositions comprised of 0.10% alkyl ketene dimer and 0.10%water-soluble cationic resin as shown in Table IV below. These sizingcompositions were applied to the surface of a sheet of 40 lb./3000 ft.²water leaf paper by the method set forth immediately following Example12 above. The paper sheet was made from a 50:50 hardwood-softwood pulpblend on a pilot paper machine. Test results are shown in Table IVbelow.

                  TABLE IV                                                        ______________________________________                                                         Hercules Size Test                                                            to 80% Reflectance                                                              Off-the-                                                   Cationic           Machine.sup.(1)                                                                         Natural Aged.sup.(2)                             Resin              (seconds) (seconds)                                        ______________________________________                                        (a) None               0         1060                                         (b) Polyaminopolyamide-                                                                              0         1464                                             epichlorohydrin resin -                                                       1.3 moles epichlorohydrin                                                     per mole of secondary                                                         nitrogen of the poly-                                                         aminopolyamide-                                                               polyaminopolyamide de-                                                        rived from adipic acid                                                        and diethylene triamine                                                   (c) Same as (b) above except                                                                         2         1250                                             0.3 mole epichlorohydrin                                                      used instead of 1.3 moles                                                 (d) Methylbisaminopropylamine-                                                                       2         1500                                             epichlorohydrin resin                                                         (1:5 mole ratio)                                                          (e) Resin derived by reaction                                                                        0         1185                                             of 90 parts acrylamide                                                        and 10 parts dimethyl-                                                        diallylamine hydrochloride                                                (f) 1:1 molar condensation                                                                           0         1284                                             product of 1,4-dichloro-                                                      butane and tetramethyl-1,3-                                                   propane diamine                                                           (g) Resin of Example 1 199       1340                                         (h) Resin derived by reacting                                                                        175       1600                                             epichlorohydrin with the                                                      1:1 mole reaction product                                                     of dicyandiamide and                                                          diethylenetriamine                                                            1.2 moles of epichloro-                                                       hydrin per mole of                                                            secondary nitrogen of                                                         the reaction product                                                      (i) Poly(dimethyldiallyl-                                                                            2         1120                                             ammonium chloride) -                                                          available commercially                                                        as Calgon 261                                                             ______________________________________                                         .sup.(1) Sheet dried at 200° F. for 20 seconds to a moisture           content of 5%  sizing measurement made within a minute after that time.       .sup.(2) Natural agedsizing measurement made after 7 days at room             temperature (about 25° C.).                                       

It is to be understood that the above description and working examplesare illustrative of this invention and not in limitation thereof.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:
 1. A sizingcomposition for cellulose fibers consisting essentially of an aqueousemulsion of a hydrophobic cellulose reactive sizing agent selected fromthe group consisting of ketene dimers, acid anhydrides, and organicisocyanates containing a sizing accelerator, said sizing acceleratorbeing selected from a water-soluble poly(diallylamine)-epihalohydrinresin and a water-soluble poly(N-methyldiallylamine)-epihalohydrin resinin an amount sufficient to increase the off-the-machine sizing effect ofthe sizing agent, the amount of epihalohydrin used in reaction with thepoly(diallylamine) being from about 0.5 mole to about 1.5 moles per moleof secondary amine present in the polymer and the amount used inreaction with the poly(N-methyldiallylamine) being from about 0.5 moleto about 1.5 moles per mole of tertiary amine present in the polymer. 2.The sizing composition of claim 1 wherein the sizing agent is a ketenedimer and the sizing accelerator ispoly(N-methyldiallylamine)-epichlorohydrin resin and the amount ofepichlorohydrin used in reaction with the poly(N-methyldiallylamine) isfrom about 1 mole to about 1.5 moles per mole of tertiary amine presentin the polymer.
 3. The sizing composition of claim 1 wherein the sizingagent is an acid anhydride and the sizing accelerator ispoly(N-methyldiallylamine)-epichlorohydrin resin and the amount ofepichlorohydrin used in reaction with the poly(N-methyldiallylamine) isfrom about 1 mole to about 1.5 moles per mole of tertiary amine presentin the polymer.
 4. The sizing composition of claim 1 wherein the sizingagent is an organic isocyanate and the sizing accelerator ispoly(N-methyldiallylamine)-epichlorohydrin resin and the amount ofepiclorohydrin used in reaction with the poly(N-methyldiallylamine) isfrom about 1 mole to about 1.5 moles per mole of tertiary amine presentin the polymer.